Ham with Bourbon, Molasses, and Pecan Glaze

Name: Ham with Bourbon, Molasses, and Pecan Glaze
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple juice (preferably fresh unfiltered); 59 milliliters bourbon; 12 servings Buttermilk Spoon Bread; 414 milliliters (packed) dark brown sugar; 3 Tbsps dry mustard; 53 kilograms whole bone-in 16- to 18-pound ham; 59 milliliters mild-flavored (light) molasses; 237 milliliters pecans, toasted, cooled, finely ground; 12 servings Tangerine Chutney

Ham with Bourbon, Molasses, and Pecan Glaze is Head to the store and pick up apple juice, tangerine chutney, pecans, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the bread you could follow this main course with the Coffee Cake Banana Bread as a dessert.

Instructions

Boil juice and bourbon in small saucepan until reduced to scant 1/3 cup, about 6 minutes.

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Bourbon

Juice

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Sauce Pan

Combine sugar, pecans, molasses, and mustard in bowl.

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Molasses

Mustard

Pecans

Sugar

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Bowl

Add bourbon mixture; stir to form thick paste. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)

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Bourbon

Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325°F. Line large roasting pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving overhang on all sides. Trim off skin and all but 1/4 inch fat from ham.

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Ham

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Roasting Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Place ham, fat side up, in prepared pan. Roast ham until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 130°F to 135°F, about 10 minutes per pound or 2 hours 40 minutes for 16-pound ham.

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Ham

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Kitchen Thermometer

Frying Pan

Remove ham from oven; increase oven temperature to 425°F. Lightly score fat on ham in diamond pattern. Rub glaze thickly over top and sides of ham. Return ham to oven and roast until glaze is deep brown and bubbling, about 25 minutes.

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Glaze

Ham

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Oven

Let ham stand at least 20 minutes and up to 45 minutes.

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Ham

Serve with chutney and spoon bread.

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Chutney

Bread

: Choose a bone-in ham or a boneless ham that has the natural shape of a leg. Don't use a pre-formed ham (known as deli ham), which is best sliced cold for sandwiches.

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Ham Slices